ἀλαζών alazōn · G0213
braggart
ἀλαζών, -όνος, ὁ, ἡ; (ἄλη, wandering) [in LXX: Job.28:8 (שַׁחַץ) Hab.2:5 (יָהִיר), Pro.21:24 (לוּץ)* ; ] ; prop, a vagabond, hence, an impostor, a boaster: Rom.1:30, 2Ti.3:2.†; SYN.: ὐβριστής, ὑπερήφανος (see Tr., Syn., § xxix; Lft., Notes, 256) (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἀλαζ-ών [ᾰλ], όνος, ὁ, ἡ, ; (ἄλη) properly wanderer about country, vagrant, []; II charlatan, quack, especially of Sophists, []; II.2 braggart, boaster, []; title of play by []; II.3 adjective, boastful, pretentious, []: comparative -έστερος[] most shameless, []. adverb superlative -έστατα, δρω-ν[]
Where it's used 2 times
Source: TBESG G0213; TFLSJ G0213
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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